Outside Agitator

The ontological as outside agitator.
Mind as bus barreling towards the
close-knit community of the brain.
Creator as brick made manifest
by the shattering of its very own
corporeality. Allow me to elaborate:
If the personal is political it stands
to reason the metaphysical has
been fully radicalized. Talk of
extremist tactics abound. Anarchy
is hinted at. The struggle between
potentiality and actuality is like that
of class warfare, the inexplicable
attempting the shutdown of reality’s
production. Pantheism is like that
of opposition to the ruling class,
the universe itself encompassing
that which the monotheistic would
confine to a single-party platform.
Yes, the rumors are true: The mystic
will abolish society’s very design.

Stephen Langlois is a writer and photographer living in Southern California. He is the recipient of a NYC Emerging Writers Fellowship from The Center for Fiction as well as a writing residency from the Blue Mountain Center. His work has appeared in Glimmer Train, Joyland, Lit Hub, Hobart, Barrelhouse, Yes Poetry, and Split Lip Magazine, among others. Visit him at www.stephenmlanglois.com.